The Republican journal., 1887-10-06
NAMES GREAT RECORD FOR DIVORCES.

IN tOWl IoF lew Gays last week SCiTcnlDS tn(
court records. at the office of the Clerk. liz
Is engaged in the work now being carried OF
under the direction Of the Bureau of Labor
collecting statistics of divorce. The work
covers the divorces OF the last twenty years
and when completed and tabulateu. will present
an array of very interesting figures, showing
the cause for which the divorces We're granted
the length of the term of married life, etc
Mr.. kimbail came to Maine about six week.
ago, prepared with blanks to report about 2OO(
divorces for the State. He has completed twelve
of the sixteen counties. and calculates that if
the remaining counties hold out i'm the same
ratio, instead of 20O0, the State will foot ul
the interesting total of 10000 divorces durn.
the twenty years from 1861 to 1887. OF thi.
numher oxford county contributes just about
its full quota of matrimonial infelicity. 457
loNfGrh Democrat.
GOV. BoDWELL SUSTAINED.
The following letter has been received by the
Governor:
TO His ENcclcncy, Governor Bodwell:
DEAR SIR: The Bowdoinham Baptist AS.
sociation, at its recent annual meeting, Sept
10, 1887, adopted the following resolution OH
the subject of temperance, and requested its
officers to communicate the same to you:
"Resolved That on this One Hundredth Ami
versary of the Bowdoinham Association, we
reatlirm our belief in the principle of Prohibi.
tion. adopted by this body forty-eight years
"Sos anu We HtdlthN hPplO't VI lHC poSiliOI
taken by our Governor. Hon. J. II. Bodwell, i'll
favor of the enforcement of the prohibitory
law throughout our State, and pledge HIM our
earnest SUPPORT
l.. ROWELL, Moderator,
Z. f. HOLBROOk, Clerk.
UNITED wORKMEN.
The members of the 4. 0. L. w. of Maine
will meet in Augusta November 26tlI, to cele-
bratc the 18th anniversary of the order and
the management are making arrangements for
grand time. The Supreme Lodge officers
and speech making in Mconian Hall. The
meeting will be in charge of Grand Overseer
Parker Spoll,ord of Buck>port. Simultaneous
Iy with the banquet celebration the Connecti-
cut members of the a. 0. l.. W. will celebrate,
two Supreme Lodge officers also being present
there. The workmen Of the Massachusetts,
jurisdiction observe the anniversary the day
following. November y. Nearly all of the
officers of the Supreme Lodge are expected to
be present.
TIE REAL ESTATE BOOM.
Real estate is very active in Knox county.
Out of town parties have bought Bear Hill and
adjoining land in Rockland and propose to
erect Il big summer hotel at an early day. NJ.
NJ. Genthner and ii. +. Roberts of RockIan,l
improve it for Il summer resort. Other valua-
Bile sales are reported.
Greeiwig'> Island between Northeast and
Southwest harborS, Mt. Desert, has recently
been sold TO Boston capitalists for $50, 900, and
the purchasers propose TO erect a large hotel
of erection at Cranberry Isle and another is to
be built this fall at Northeast IIarbor.
TEACHERS INSTITUTES.
The dates assigned for holding teachers i'll
stitutes in the State the present season are as
follows: Penobscot, Sept. - and rs; Piscata-
quis, Sept. 30 and Oct l; Hancock. Oct. 4 and
5; West Washington, Oct. ! and s.; Washing
ton. Oct. IL and u; South Aroo>took, Oct. II
and l1: North Penobscot. Oct. Is and 10:
Waldo, Oct. y and %; West oxford. Oct. -
and %; Cumberland, Oct. IS and %; York,
Nov. and =: AndroScog"in, Nov. 1 and );
kcnnebec. Nov. II and II. Several institutes
have already been held. The local associations
will fix the places of meeting.
PLENTY OF GAME.
In speaking of game in Maine, Commissioner
Stanley says it is now unusually plenty. Within
the past two years deer have multiplied and are
increasing in numbers largely. In the vicinity
of DiNtield. where he lives, only an occasional
deer has been seen for many years. Now they
are plenty. The Rangcly wilderness if full of
them. Moose are not SO plenty, although they
are slowly Increasing i'll numbers. Close time
was OF: Oct, |.
IN GENERAL.
OF the ii business places in Dexter "a have
electric light.
A company proposes to erect a large cotton
factory at Augusta; on certain conditions. which
the citizens have voted to accept.
Mr. Dwight Is. Barnard. one of the oldest
citizens OF Calais died Sept 22l, aged So.
He was Postmaster from 1850 to 1872.
Adiutant General Gallagher is making ar
rangcnents for the State rifle competitions.
which take place on the State grounds October
18Th and 10Th
VIM. Freeman. a Rocl,land boy, who Went to
the Sandwich Islands sixteen years ago and Sc
cutrda position on one of the steamboat lines
there. is now captain and part owner of a big
steamer running in and out of Honolulu.
The Rose Standish is the name of the new
steamer Just purchased by the Frontier Steam
boat Company. to replace the present steamer
Charles lioughton, on the Calais and EaStport
route. The Standish is 400 tons and will steam
13 miles an hour.
In the superior court at Portland, Sept.
22l, fourteen respondents paid fines on liq-
ell to over $1,000. Six others in default of bail
and costs amounting to little less than $4,000,
We're committed to Jail.
Mr.. Frank Knight a promising young farm
cr Of f'oothbay, of about 30 years, on Wednes-
day. the 14th inst, went fishing off the White
Islands, near Boothbay, in his dory. Since
that time he has not been seen and he has been
given up for lost.
On Thursday Mr.. r. l.. NorcroSs OF Man
chester, the well known horse breeder lost his
two year Old fearhaught stallion ST. aientne,
the animal dying OF strangulated hernia st.
Valentine was valued at $4,000 and trotted at
the Maine state fair. 1t was the intention to
place him on the track at the meeting OF the
Breeder $ Association at Mystic Park.
Miss Anna Rawson of East Poland. has sued
ID. W. Bailey, postmaster at East Poland, for
breach of promise. Mr.. Bailey is senior MEM
Der of the firm OF Bailey Bros. Sheriff Smith
served the writ and attached the store of Bailey
Bros. The store was put i'll charge of Il
keeper. Miss RaWson sues for S2O,OOo. a
Boston lawyer is her attorney.
The Maine guests at Philadelphia found a
Maine boy at the front, there, who showed them
many attentions. He was Hon. John {. Grady
mcrly of Eastport. Mr.. Grady enlisted In the
First Maine regiment, served on Gen. BeaPs
staff and Went to Philadelphia after the war
IS years ago. lie has been member of the
Pennsylvania senate for II years.
The Kennebec Journal says that the total
number of animals destroyed and paid for by
the new Cattle Commission up to this date COM
priseS ten cows and five horses, and the total
cost to the State of dsposing of all these ami
mails has been $517.5o. These eases being dis
posed of there remains no notice whatever in
the hands of any of the Commissioners of any
contagious diseases among the domestic ami
mails of the State.
The case of Adam Forepau9h, the proprietor
of Forepaugh's Circus, VS.. the Maine Central
Railroad, for damages amounting to $50 900 on
account of losses of horses and rolling stock at
the accident near Nassalboro last year, which
was assigned for trial in Boston at the October
court has been postponed until next April, to
allow time for an auditor to fix the value of the
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